Feeder



F. H. AHLMAN May 16, 1933.

, FEEDER Filed May 8, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. Fra@ lid/dma ATTORNEY.

May 16, 1933.

F. H.' AHLMAN FEEDER Filed May '8, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY.

Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED STATES FRANZ H. AHLMAN, or Monarsfrowmrmnnnsorn:

Application mea May vs,

This invention relates to a feeder for containing salt and the like for livestock, and has for its primary object to provide, ina

` manner as hereinafter set forth, a feeder of such class which is rust-proof and which may be securely fastened to a support without likelihood of becoming broken or damaged in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a feeder for the purpose aforesaid which is designed in a manner to prevent livestock from throwing any of the salt out of the feeder, thereby enabling the feeder to be anchored to a metal sup-port without likelihood of the support becoming rusted. v

A further object of the invention is to provide a feeder of the character aforesaid which is ada ted to be used in connection with a valve or supplying livestock with water.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel Vconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more particularlyV described, and as illustrated in the accompany- 5 ing drawings wherein are shown several embodiments of the invention, but it is to be understood that the description and drawings .are to be taken as illustrative and that the invention is intended to be limited only by the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section through a feeder in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional plan thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through a further modified form the invention.

Figure 4 is a vertical section through a still further modified form o-f the invention.

Figure 5 is a plan of a further modified form of the invention.

Figure 6 is a vertical section through a further modified form of the invention.

Figure 7 is a vertical section through a further modified form of the invention.

Figure 8 is a vertical transverse section through a bowl in accordance with those .,shown in Figures 1, 3, 5 and 7.

Figure 9 is a vertical transverse section through the bowl shown in Figure 7.

Referring to Figures l and 2 of the draw* y 1930. seriaifm. ,45o,746.

ings, the'numeralflfdesignates'abowlzformed" with "an open tops, The bowl lincludes'anzane nularbodypart orl circular wall'4 and a flatL bottom'. The-,bowl'lisformediat its upper edge' withfan inwardly 'extendingyreiiiforcingj lip orn rb'114, and in spaced relationjtothe lip 14, thel inner' peripheral face'ofthe` bowl1 is provided with areinforcin'gjrib 15 which isendless'.` Formed Von. the outer peripheral face ofthebowlifisa boss'lf whichjis'pr vided witha flat oute'rjface17'V for abutment againsta flatjface V'post-,K such as 18. ll'xte'nd-v ing through the boss `16" are a pair'ofspaced'- openings 19for'the passage therethrough'of bolts' 20' :whichextend through lthe posts/18 5' and* are provided on their ends withl nutsf21 In the en'ibodirnent shown inFigure. 3 the bowlv 22 is the same inv'every respect as .theV bowl 13 describedkr in connection withV the 70,. embodimentfshownin Figures 11 and 2.` Po sitioned'against'theflat outer face 17'of the boss lxoffthe bowl22'is a spacerblock'23', preferably formed of;I wood, .which is providedwith'openings 24 for Valignment with' the openings 19.y through the bosslz" The block 23 :is maintained in' position against a cylindrical support.,25.by.means of a "clamp 26similar totheclamp 9 and a pair of boltsl 27 which extend through the openings 19 and 24 and through the clamp 26.

The embodiment illustrated in Figure 4 is the same in every respect to the embodiment illustrated in Figure 3, except that the spacer block 28 is of materially greater height than 85 the spacer block 23 in order that the same may project a material distance above the bowl in order that the latter may be secured to a metal support 29 which will be protected j by the projecting upper end of the block 28 90 from having any of the contents of the bowl thrownonto the support to prevent the latter from becoming rusted.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 5, the structure is the same as that shown in Figure 3 except that the spacer block 45 is formed in its outer face with a screw 46 for the recep-k tion of the cylindrical support 25 therein.

In the embodiment shown in FigureG the structure is the same as that shown in Figure 4 except that theV spacer block 47 is lformed in its outer face with a groove 48 for receiving the cylindrical support 29 therein.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 7 and 8 the structure is the same as that shown in Figures 1 and 2 except that the boss 49 of the bowl 50 is provided with superposed pairs of openings 5.1 and 52, each pair of such openings having extended therethrough the end portions of a U-shaped bolt 53, the ends of the portions of the bolt 53 extending through the flat face support .18 Vand'being secured thereto by means of nuts 54.

It is thought that the many advantages of Y' a feeder in accordance withthis invention` will be readily apparent, and although the feeder preferably will be constructed in ac-v cordance with one of the embodiments herein illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction may be resorted to so long as such changes fall within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A feeder comprising a bowl having an annular body part and a flat bottom, said body part having an endless uninterrupted rounded top edge7 the inner face of said body part being liared throughout from said bottom, said body part having its inner face provided .with a pair of superposed spaced inwardly extending endless reinforcing ribs, said body partbeing formedwith a pair of spaced parallel openings positioned between said ribs, a boss on the outer face of said body part, a support positioned against said boss, and holdfast devices extending throughv the openingsfor anchoring the body part to said support, the inner ends of said devices be-v ingparranged inwardly with respect to the edges of said ribs. f

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

FRANZ H. AHLMAN. 

